butler Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
    pantryman.
  2. noun English novelist who described a fictitious land he called Erewhon (1835-1902)
    Samuel Butler.
  3. noun English poet (1612-1680)
    Samuel Butler.

WordNet

But"ler noun
Etymology
OE. boteler, F. bouteillier a bottle-bearer, a cupbearer, fr. LL. buticularius, fr. buticula bottle. See Bottle a hollow vessel.
Definitions
  1. An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.
    The butler and the baker of the king of Egypt. Gen. xl. 5.
    Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad. Pope.

Webster 1913